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    • Communication Strategy for the Arctic Council 

      Arctic Council (Arctic Council Secretariat, 2012)
      The communication strategy for the Arctic Council should provide an overarching framework for all of the Arctic Council’s communication work. It should also provide a basis for individual Arctic Council actors (Member ...
    • Completion Report for the Arctic Council Open Access Archive as of September 2015. Next Steps. 

      Arctic Council Secretariat (ACS) (Arctic Council Secretariat, 2015)
      At the June 2015 SAO Executive meeting, the SAOs instructed the ACS and the six working groups to complete the work on the Open Access repository by September 2015. During the summer, the Open Access Archive project has ...
    • Integrated Records Management Tool Proposal. 

      Arctic Council Secretariat (ACS) (Arctic Council Secretariat, 2015)
      "Proposed decision: SAOs adopt the IRMT with the suggested changes and additions as presented. SAOs also instruct the ACS Director to ensure that the IRMT is up to date at all times and relevant for archiving all the ...
    • Special Session on Observer Engagement, FINAL Agenda. 

      Arctic Council (Arctic Council Secretariat, 2015)
      Final agenda from the Special Session on Observer Engagement from the Arctic Council's Senior Arctic Officials meeting in Anchorage, USA, October 21-22 2015.
    • Adaptation Actions for a changing Arctic (AACA) Progress Report. 

      Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) (Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), 2015)
      Adaptation Actions for a changing Arctic (AACA) Progress Report, submitted by the Arctic Council working group Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) to the Arctic Council's Senior Arctic Officials meeting in ...
    • Status of the Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure (Arctic SDI). 

      Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) (Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF)., 2015)
      "The Iqaluit Declaration 2015 and the CAFF 2015-2017 Work Plan identified the Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure (Arctic SDI) as a partner in the CAFF Arctic Biodiversity Data Service (ABDS) and highlighted the importance ...
    • AMAP’s Transmittal Letter for the UAS Whitepaper. 

      Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) (Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), 2015)
      Transmittal letter from UASEG and AMAP representatives on the UAS Whitepaper. Submitted to the Arctic Council's Senior Arctic Officials meeting in Anchorage, USA, 21-22 October 2015.
    • 1st DRAFT PROPOSAL TO PREPARE AN AMSP (2015-2025) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 

      Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME) (Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME), 2015)
      "The aim of the development of a plan of Implementation for the AMSP 2015-2025 forty strategic actions is to provide a structured approach that tracks follow-up activities (new and ongoing) in close coordination and ...
    • PAME II-2015 Meeting, 14-17 September 2015, Tromsö, Norway. 2-page Summary Report to SAOs. 

      Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME) (Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME), 2015)
      PAME’s second biennial meeting of 2015 was held in Tromsö, Norway from 15-17 September with PAME projects pre-meetings on 14 September and a joint ACAP/AMAP/CAFF/PAME session on 16 September. This two page summary report ...
    • Analysis of Other Organizations’ Relationships to External Bodies. 

      Arctic Council Secretariat (ACS) (Arctic Council Secretariat, 2015)
      As tasked by the Senior Arctic Officials (SAOs), the Arctic Council Secretariat (ACS) has compiled a list of pertinent external bodies and identified several examples of how other international fora have chosen to shape ...
    • Permanent Participant Capacity – Check-list and Standard Project Tool Update. 

      Arctic Council Secretariat (ACS) (Arctic Council Secretariat, 2015)
      The following check-list should be used by Arctic Council Working Groups when developing new project proposals. Working Groups will report out on the information in the check-list when they update their project entries in ...
    • Life Linked to Spring: Leader's Manual 

      Eamer, Claire; Osmond-Jones, Megan; Badger, Kelly (Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), 2015)
      This manual and its associated pocket field guide look at the processes and some of the organisms closely linked with spring. Since spring itself is a process of change over a fairly short period of time, the field guide ...
    • Joint meeting of Arctic Council Working Groups ACAP, AMAP, CAFF, PAME. Summary report September 2015. 

      Arctic Contaminants Action Program (ACAP); Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP); Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF); Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME) (ACAP; AMAP; CAFF; PAME, 2015)
      "Four Arctic Council Working Groups (ACAP, AMAP, CAFF and PAME) met in Tromsø on September 16th to discuss cross-cutting activities. Approximately 192 people took part including representatives from Arctic states, Permanent ...
    • Memorandum to Senior Arctic Officials 25/9/2015: Educational Toolkit. 

      Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) (Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), 2015)
      "PURPOSE: To provide an overview of CAFF’s Education initiative and ask for SAO approval of the educational toolkits for children. CONTEXT: CAFF has developed “educational kits” that communicate information to schoolchildren ...
    • Future Arctic Leaders Workshop Summary Report. 

      Canadian Delegation to the Arctic Council (Arctic Council Secretariat, 2015)
      At the Kiruna 2013 Ministerial Meeting, Arctic state Ministers asked Senior Arctic Officials (SAOs) to recommend ways to strengthen the work of the Arctic Council. Engagement with youth was included as an important component ...
    • Implementing Scientific Data Collection across the Arctic Oceanic Region Utilizing Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). 

      Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) (Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), 2015)
      "This publication presents a concise summary of the findings and recommendations of the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) multinational Unmanned Aircraft Systems Expert Group (UASEG). This paper is intended ...
    • The Alaska Yukon Region of the Circumboreal Vegetation map (CBVM). 

      Jorgensen, T.; Meidlinger, D. (Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF)., 2015)
      "The circumboreal vegetation mapping (CBVM) project is an international collaboration among vegetation scientists to create a new vegetation map of the boreal region at a 1:7.5 million scale with a common legend and mapping ...
    • GLACIER Joint Statement, Chair’s Summary, and Session Summaries. 

      US Chairmanship of the Arctic Council (U.S. Department of State, 2015)
      Joint Statement, Chair's Summary and Session Summaries on the conference GLACIER that took place in Anchorage, USA, on August 31 2015. Submitted by the US Chairmanship of the Arctic Council to the Arctic Council's Senior ...
    • Amarok Arctic Council Tracker Mini Report. 

      Arctic Council Secretariat (ACS) (Arctic Council Secretariat, 2015)
      Amarok Arctic Council Tracker Mini Report, submitted by the Arctic Council Secretariat to the Arctic Council's Senior Arctic Officials meeting in Anchorage, USA, 21-22 2015.
    • Enhancing Arctic Resilience in the Arctic Council A Strategy for 2015- 2017. 

      US Chairmanship of the Arctic Council (Arctic Council Secretariat, 2015)
      The Arctic region is experiencing some of the most rapid and profound ecologic and economic changes on the planet. While climate change is the most prominent driver of these changes, many other environmental, social and ...